1989

“paramount leader” from 1978 to 1992. He took over after the death of Mao Zedong. During the time of morning for the people of Beijing, there were 100,000 people on Tiananmen Square. There was a lack of leadership during the tike of the protests of 1989, so the people protesting raised the issue of corruption in the Chinese government, and spoke their opinions about wanting economic…

The “Tank Man” photograph was taken on June 5, 1989. This mind-boggling photograph shows a man standing in front of a column of tanks. As the history recalls, this incident happened after the Chinese military had suppressed Tiananmen Square protests. When the tanks were rolling down the road, the man appeared fearless as he stepped out to temporarily stop the movement of tanks. This is most commonly seen as an act of defiance or mockery, but people are still not sure who exactly the man was,…

revolution and his life and the lives of others were greatly affected by the Cultural Revolution. Bei Dao’s poetry was a great influence on many people and was a major part of his life and the events of the Cultural Revolution. After this revolution, in 1989, China’s government killed hundreds of civilians during a military march. This event caused Bei Dao to be exiled from China. Bei Dao’s writings and literary works have been greatly influenced by his life in China, the Cultural Revolution…

In June of 1989, massive groups of university students gathered in Tiananmen Square to mourn the death of Hu Yaobang. He was powerful political leader that inspired his followers. The people in the square began demanding justice, freedom of speech, and more public…

and the system would be disabled. Because of this, Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese communist leader, declared martial law to clear the square of protestors (Stavis 56). Without a warning, military tanks opened fire on the protestors on the night of June 3, 1989. By the end of the day of June 4, it is said that thousands of civilians were killed (Ritli). This massacre can be read in history textbooks and searched generically and be found in articles with the gist of what happened on this day. The…

The Tiananmen Square massacre is an important time in history for a giant protest against a communist government. The Tiananmen Square massacre may be barred from the web pages in China, but the event that happened in June 4th 1989 is widely known across the world. The Tiananmen Square massacre was a result of a prodemocracy movement by the Chinese citizens that wanted more freedom than what they currently were given by China’s policies. Many students of the country and civil workers wanted…

The previous day military tanks roared down Chiangan Avenue towards Tiananmen Square. The Communist Chinese army was ordered to eradicate the pro-democracy protesters. Hundreds were killed and thousands arrested during the massacre. As the sun rose the next morning the rattling of the automatic weapons finally began to vanish. Vehicles were burned to ashes and left on the middle of main avenues. Jeff Widener, an American photographer, captured a stunning photograph from the Beijing Hotel gave…

China’s Internet Censorship It is not good to be right when the government is wrong. And since most governments get to choose what they think is right even if it might not be, there is a good chance that somebody is not going to agree with them. This is a growing problem today in China where their communist government gets to choose what their citizens see and don’t see. It is unnervingly similar to what happened in George Orwell’s science fiction novel, 1984. The government, which is headed by…

The Tiananmen Massacre is not only one of the most influential events of all time but also one of the most censored. In April of 1989, over one hundred thousand students protested political reform in Beijing, China. As time went on, the protest grew exponentially as the students were joined by middle-class workers and peasants. By June, Tiananmen Square was flooded with millions of people; doctors, journalist, farmers, even soldiers were there. The only group not present were the political…

China underwent reform throughout the period known as the “long eighties”, which stretches from the late 1970s all the way until 1989 with the Tiananmen Massacre. In direct contrast to Maoist policies decrying capitalism and certain traditional elements of Chinese society, post-Cultural Revolution China saw economic reform moving them towards a market economy with greater openness to the West. Over time, people began calling for other reforms such as democratization, free speech, and a fix to…